COMMON NAME:Holy Basil OTHER NAME : Tulsi, Tulasi, Rama Tulsi BOTANICAL NAME : Ocimum sanctum Linn. PLANT FAMILY : Lamiaceae PART USED : Dried Leaf . OVERVIEW : Dehydrated Leaf. sitosterol and three triterppenes (roots); ascorbic acid, carotene, alkaloids, glycosides saponins and tannins (plant); bornyl acetate, cadinene, camphene, camphor, carvacrol, caryophyllene, 1:8-cineole, decylaldehyde, eugenol, eugenol methyl ether, humelene, limonene, methylchavicol, nerol, and pinenes, selinene, terpen-4-ol, ascorbic acid, carotene, apigenin and its 7-0- glucuronide, luteolin and its 7-0- glucuronide, molludistin, oreantin, ursolic acid (leaves); sitosterol, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid (seed oil).